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May 14, 2021: Perspectives
Our power resides in our collective strength. We are what we are seeking. —Nawal Qarooni Casiano [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Change Your Perspective...
May 7, 2021: Connections
As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection. —Adam Neumann [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] 29 Letters...
April 30, 2021: Courses Special Issue
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. —Anthony J. D’Angelo [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Courses Special...
April 23, 2021: End-of-Year Reflections
Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than...
April 16, 2021: Hidden Treasures (Part 2)
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. —Roald Dahl [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Finding the Greatest Secrets I love the...
April 9, 2021: Hidden Treasures (Part 1)
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. —Thornton Wilder [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as...
March 26, 2021: Word Work
My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling, but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. —A. A. Milne [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as...
March 19, 2021: Building Empathy Through Reading
Empathy is the highest form of intelligence —Anthony Gucciardi [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Learn to Care “Children must learn to care,” the presenter...
March 12, 2021: Empower Readers (Part 2)
Struggling readers need precisely what good readers receive—lots of high-success reading experiences. —Richard Allington [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Empowering Readers Dear Friend, We...
March 5, 2021: Empower Readers (Part 1)
What are we doing for our students that they could be doing for themselves? —Diana Laufenberg [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Empowering Readers I...
February 26, 2021: Celebrating Writers
There is an art to enticing writers: we’re looking to challenge and cheer students to keep writing. —Ruth Ayres, Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as...
February 19, 2021: Shared Writing
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good. —William Faulkner [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh...
February 12, 2021: Argument Writing
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision, and change. —Richard Branson [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] We Are Where We Are...
February 5, 2021: Finding Meaning in Reading
Books are something social—a writer speaking to a reader—so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is...
January 29, 2021: Recognizing Bias
Trust is earned in the smallest of moments. It is earned not through heroic deeds, or even highly visible actions, but through paying attention, listening, and gestures of genuine care...
January 22, 2021: Meaningful Conversations
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. —Martin Luther King Jr. [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] That Isn’t True for Me In my...
January 15, 2021: Equity
Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. —Jess Lair [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Find Ways...
January 8, 2021: Empowering Choice
Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key. —Tom Colicchio [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] A Process Open to Possibilities “I finally learned to...
December 18, 2020: Fresh Starts
I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start...
December 11, 2020: Digital Reading
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could…tomorrow is a new day. —Ralph Waldo Emerson [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as...
December 4, 2020: Assessing Writers
No one is born a writer. You must become a writer. In fact, you never cease becoming, because you never stop learning how to write. Even now, I am becoming...
